JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE (Jean-Henri) Traité des arbres forestiers, ou histoire et description des arbres indigènes ou naturalisés, dont la tige a de trente à cent vingt pieds d'élévation, et sert aux constructions civiles et navales. Paris: chez l'auteur, 1824. - In-4, havana half-calf with corners, smooth spine decorated, yellow edges (period binding). First edition of this treatise by botanist Jean-Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire (1772-1845), including the history and figure of 90 species of trees whose stems exceed thirty feet in elevation, or more than 9 meters in height. It is preceded by an "Instruction sur le semis, la plantation et la culture des arbres" by André Thouin (1747-1824), naturalist and botanist, professor of agriculture at the Museum of Natural History. The edition is illustrated with a lithographed frontispiece portrait of Henri-Louis Duhamel Du Monceau and 90 color plates depicting the various species described. ONE OF A FEW EXEMPLIES ON SATINED VELIN PAPER IN IN-4 SIZE. They were sold at twice the price of ordinary copies in large in-8 format. Binding restored, the spine redone and part of the original one rebacked. Light stain on edge of frontispiece. A few rare brown spots.